If you have been reading my blog for the last few weeks you would have probably picked up on my disappointment that a local quiz I go to on a Thursday night had seemingly died a death with low attendances, cheating and a change of quizmaster.
However, the quiz, which runs at Fitzgeralds in Sunderland starting at 9pm, seems to have now picked up and is back to being one of the best in area. The format still includes the change of the first round being written questions rather than delivered on the microphone. I actually now find this one of the most enjoyable rounds in the quiz as its purely 20 GK questions and you have time to think them through. Last night saw quite a big attendance which reduced the cheating massively and although one drunken team were making no bones about there cheating achievements in the past, they played little role in the actual quiz.
As mentioned a picture round follows, followed by two rounds on a theme which differs every week. This week being People and Place and the 1990's. We always fall at the same hurdle....pictures. Its due to a mixture of things, other teams are much bigger, the pictures are at times obscure and the plain fact that this is my weakest area by far. Add to the fact this round is worth 20 points (in a quiz out of 64) and it always sets us back. We had a strong GK last night followed by a strong People's and Places but we struggled on a few questions in the 90's round, which I really shouldn't have done, and ended up 3rd. Again the pictures cost us though!
But the main thing is the quiz is back to its best, well attended and now that the new quizmaster has settled all is well. I hope it continues this way and if anyone is down at Fitzgeralds on Thursday there is always space in our team!
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